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FreeCAD est une application de [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_assist%C3%A9e_par_ordinateur CAO] 3D dont le développement est complètement [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source] (licences [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_publique_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_GNU GPL] et [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_publique_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_limit%C3%A9e_GNU LGPL]). FreeCAD est orienté vers le [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nie_m%C3%A9canique génie mécanique] et le [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_design design de produits], mais vise également d'autres disciplines, telles que l'architecture ou d'autres champs d'activité du génie.
FreeCAD est une application de [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_assist%C3%A9e_par_ordinateur CAO] 3D dont le développement est complètement [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source] (licences [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_publique_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_GNU GPL] et [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence_publique_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_limit%C3%A9e_GNU LGPL]). FreeCAD est orienté vers le [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9nie_m%C3%A9canique génie mécanique] et le [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_design design de produits], mais vise également d'autres disciplines, telles que l'architecture ou d'autres champs d'activité du génie.


FreeCAD features tools similar to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catia Catia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidworks SolidWorks] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Edge Solid Edge], and therefore also falls into the category of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD '''MCAD'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Lifecycle_Management '''PLM'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAx '''CAx'''] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_engineering '''CAE''']. It is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_feature_based_modeler feature based parametric modeler] with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.
FreeCAD propose des fonctionnalités similaires à [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catia Catia], [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidworks SolidWorks] ou [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Edge Solid Edge], et s'inscrit donc aussi dans les catégories [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_et_fabrication_assist%C3%A9es_par_ordinateur CFAO]/[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ing%C3%A9nierie_assist%C3%A9e_par_ordinateur IAO]/[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Lifecycle_Management PLM]. Il vise la [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception_param%C3%A9trique conception paramétrique], avec une architecture modulaire qui permet l'ajout facile de fonctionnalités supplémentaires sans modifier le cœur du programme.


As with many modern 3D [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD CAD] modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch 2D shapes or extract design details from the 3D model to create 2D production drawings, but direct 2D drawing (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD#AutoCAD_LT AutoCAD LT]) is not the focus, neither are animation or organic shapes (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(software) Maya], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max 3ds Max], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29 Blender] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CINEMA_4D Cinema 4D]), although, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD might become useful in a much broader area than its current focus.
As with many modern 3D [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD CAD] modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch 2D shapes or extract design details from the 3D model to create 2D production drawings, but direct 2D drawing (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD#AutoCAD_LT AutoCAD LT]) is not the focus, neither are animation or organic shapes (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(software) Maya], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max 3ds Max], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29 Blender] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CINEMA_4D Cinema 4D]), although, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD might become useful in a much broader area than its current focus.

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FreeCAD est une application de CAO 3D dont le développement est complètement Open Source (licences GPL et LGPL). FreeCAD est orienté vers le génie mécanique et le design de produits, mais vise également d'autres disciplines, telles que l'architecture ou d'autres champs d'activité du génie.

FreeCAD propose des fonctionnalités similaires à Catia, SolidWorks ou Solid Edge, et s'inscrit donc aussi dans les catégories CFAO/IAO/PLM. Il vise la conception paramétrique, avec une architecture modulaire qui permet l'ajout facile de fonctionnalités supplémentaires sans modifier le cœur du programme.

As with many modern 3D CAD modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch 2D shapes or extract design details from the 3D model to create 2D production drawings, but direct 2D drawing (like AutoCAD LT) is not the focus, neither are animation or organic shapes (like Maya, 3ds Max, Blender or Cinema 4D), although, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD might become useful in a much broader area than its current focus.

FreeCAD makes heavy use of all the great open-source libraries that exist out there in the field of Scientific Computing. Among them are OpenCascade, a powerful CAD kernel, Coin3D, an incarnation of Open Inventor, Qt, the world-famous UI framework, and Python, one of the best scripting languages available. FreeCAD itself can also be used as a library by other programs.

FreeCAD is also fully multi-platform, and currently runs flawlessly on Windows and Linux/Unix and Mac OSX systems, with the exact same look and functionality on all platforms.

For more information about FreeCAD's capabilities, take a look at the Feature list, the latest release notes or the Getting started articles.

About the FreeCAD project

The FreeCAD project was started as far as 2001, as described in its history page.

FreeCAD is maintained and developed by a community of enthusiastic developers and users (see the contributors page). They work on FreeCAD voluntarily, in their free time. They cannot guarantee that FreeCAD contains or will contain everything you might wish, but they will usually do their best! The community gathers on the FreeCAD forum, where most of the ideas and decisions are discussed. Feel free to join us there!